“symbol: Something that represents or stands for an idea, object, or sound. In English, the alphabet is the symbol system for language. Individuals who have difficulty processing or naming symbols will have difficulty reading, since reading is the process of interpreting symbols.”
Excerpted from: Turkington, Carol, and Joseph R. Harris, PhD. The Encyclopedia of Learning Disabilities. New York: Facts on File, 2006.
Here is a Cultural Literacy worksheet on the assembly line as a means of organizing production. This is half-page worksheet with a reading of two sentences and two comprehension questions. In other words, just the basics on this term and what it represents
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“Lithography: A planographic process that depends on the antipathy of grease to water. The design is drawn directly on a bed, traditionally of limestone, with a greasy crayon. The stone is wetted, then coated with an oily ink, which clings to the greasy design and is repelled by the wet areas.”
Excerpted from: Diamond, David G. The Bulfinch Pocket Dictionary of Art Terms. Boston: Little Brown, 1992.
Alright, as I continue to clear some shelves in the data warehouse here at Mark’s Text Terminal, here is a context clues worksheet on the verb enumerate. This verb is only used transitively, so don’t forget your direct object, and means “to ascertain the number of, “count,” “to specify one after another,” and “list.”
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“Life is indeed darkness save when there is urge/And all urge is blind save when there is knowledge/And all knowledge is vain save when there is work/And all work is empty save when here is love.”
Kahlil Gibran The Prophet (1923)
Excerpted from: Howe, Randy, ed. The Quotable Teacher. Guilford, CT: The Lyons Press, 2003.
Here is a worksheet on the verb phrase give up as it is used with a gerund. I give up explaining why I find these worksheets of dubious value.
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“Rotten Reviews: The Wreckage of Agathon
’”Wreckage’ is appropriate…more hysterical than historical.’
Library Journal
Rotten Reviews: October Light
‘Within this great welter of word, symbols, and gassy speechifying and half-hatched allegory there was once, I suspect, a good lean novel, but I can’t find it….’
Peter Prescott, Newsweek”
Excerpted from: Barnard, Andre, and Bill Henderson, eds. Pushcart’s Complete Rotten Reviews and Rejections. Wainscott, NY: Pushcart Press, 1998.
Posted in English Language Arts, Quotes, Reference
Tagged fiction/literature, humor, literary oddities
This morning when I first pulled this reading on photochemistry and its accompanying vocabulary-building and comprehension worksheet off the shelf, I assumed it would be about developing photographs in a dark room, an arcane art that I nonetheless learned in high school in the 1970s but that is now a niche skill, I suppose.
In fact, this is a nice introduction to the actual physics of light–which is, after all, what the Greek root photo means: light.
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“tech prep: A four-year program (the last two years of high school plus two years of community college) that leads to an associate degree or a two-year certificate in a specific career field. The carefully integrated and sequenced curriculum includes a common core of mathematics, science, communications, and technologies. Tech prep provides training for the average student who does not want to attend a four-year college but wants to prepare for a career.”
Excerpted from: Ravitch, Diane. EdSpeak: A Glossary of Education Terms, Phrases, Buzzwords, and Jargon. Alexandria, VA: ASCD, 2007.
Moving right along this morning, here is a worksheet on the Latin word root verb. As you probably infer, this root simply means word. You’ll find this root at the base of just about any word in English related to language, for example (and all on this worksheet), adverb, proverb, verbalize, and verbatim.
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